GRIOT (Group Reasoning Inference & Ontological Theory) architecture (developed by CTEST) is software designed to investigate the possibilities and limitations of rational multiagent design. It functions as a method for constructing multiagent systems that are designed to perform pure logical analysis in the form of:

■Deduction

■Induction

■Abduction

The GRIOT architecture assumes a multiparadigm approach that relies primarily on a hybrid of logic programming and object-oriented programming techniques.

Whereas traditional multiagent system consists of a collection of agents working together on a problem, a GRIOT system consists of a group of Griots (Griot is a recursive concept) reasoning together about one or more propositions or suppositions. Their primary objective is to affirm or deny conjectures, theories, and models using theorems, axioms, corollaries, and maxims from their universe of discourse (Cognopaedia).